Effects of a 6-Week Integrated Dementia Awareness and Prevention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Ji-yeon Kim, Sunghee H. Tak, Hana Ko, SuJung Jung, Jaegyeong Lee and Hyein Choi

SAGE Open, 2022, vol. 12, issue 3, 21582440221123503

Abstract: Older adults show a lack of knowledge about dementia, treatments, and management although they are fearful of developing dementia. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 6-week intervention on knowledge, attitude, fear, and prevention behaviors concerning dementia among older adults who resided in community. The study used a pretest-posttest design with nonequivalent control group. A total of 40 participants completed the study. The intervention group showed a significant decrease in the fear of dementia scores compared to the control group after the intervention( p  

Keywords: aged; dementia; fear; prevention and control; program development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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